Chapter 8

Through the haze of consciousness, I heard Ashton roaring at the pack healer.

"I clearly ordered you to draw one hundred milliliters! Why is it a thousand every single time!"

"Don't you know this could kill her!"

The healer stammered that these were all Kathy's orders, that they didn't dare offend her. Ashton stormed directly toward the cell where Kathy was imprisoned.

The Silver-Moon Pack's warriors had already uncovered who had fathered the pup in Kathy's belly.

It was Ashton's most trusted Beta—his right hand in all pack matters.

He was the one who had taken my baby and suspended him from the eagle's talons.

He had been secretly involved with Kathy since the moment Ashton brought her to the territory to serve as my emergency blood source.

After Kathy became pregnant, the Beta helped her use wolfsbane-laced wine to seduce Ashton during a full moon hunt.

Their plan was to pass off Kathy's pup as Ashton's, then murder my pup.

Once Kathy's pup was born, it would naturally become the sole heir to the Silver-Moon Pack.

But no matter how carefully they calculated, they never anticipated that the curse on the Silver family bloodline was real.

"Ashton! Alpha Ashton, please let me explain..." Kathy's voice turned to a shriek as Ashton grabbed her by the hair and kicked her viciously in the stomach.

Blood immediately began flowing from between her legs.

"The baby! My baby!" she wailed.

Ashton didn't stop. He slammed her head against the stone wall of the cell.

"You care about your bastard pup! What about my son!"

"Kathy Thorne! Even if you died ten thousand times, it wouldn't be enough to repay the debt for my pup's life!"

Kathy laughed hysterically, blood trickling from her mouth.

"Ashton Silver! Who are you to play the devoted father now!"

"You're the one who couldn't resist temptation and rutted with me like a beast in heat!Have you forgotten what you said while you were thrusting inside me?"

"Have you forgotten how you used to praise how sexy my body was, how tight my pussy was, and how you said your Luna was so boring?"

"You share the blame for killing your own son!"

Ashton's hand cracked across her face repeatedly until her lips split and bled.

"You vile she-wolf! You poisoned me with wolfsbane!"

Kathy spat blood at him defiantly.

"The first time, yes, I drugged you! But what about all the times after that! You're just a pathetic wolf who can't control his own urges!"

"Want to know the truth? Every single time you touched me, I described it in excruciating detail to Elaine through mind-link!"

"She'll never forgive you now! You're nothing but filth!"

Ashton roared, his wolf surfacing as he dragged Kathy toward the window.

He forced her upper body out over the ledge, letting her dangle over the deadly drop.

As Kathy struggled desperately, he suddenly yanked her back inside.

"Letting you fall to your death would be far too merciful!"

"You love eagles so much! Let me give you the full experience!"

Ashton personally dragged Kathy up to the Pack House roof and bound her to the talons of her own giant eagle.

Before commanding it to take flight, he used a silver blade to slice open the major blood vessels in all four of her limbs.

The eagle soared upward under his control, spinning and diving through the air.

Kathy became a grotesque fountain, spraying crimson blood across the sky as she screamed.

And watching this entire scene from below was Kathy's secret lover—the traitorous Beta.

The Beta knelt on the ground, trembling so violently that he lost control of his bladder, a dark stain spreading across his pants.

"Don't worry. Your turn is coming very soon!"

The eagle hovered directly above the Beta. The ropes suddenly released.

Kathy's bloodless corpse plummeted downward, crashing skull-first onto the Beta's head with devastating force. Blood and brain matter splattered across the courtyard stones.

Ashton didn't spare the mangled bodies even a single glance.

He returned to my hospital room, grasping my hand as he knelt beside the bed in continued penance.

"Elaine, let's have another pup together, please?"

"No! Not just one!"

"We can have many more pupren! We'll break the curse together!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Ashton began unbuttoning his shirt, reaching to pull back my blanket.

I forced my eyes open, looking at him with absolutely no warmth.

"Elaine, we were destined mates, blessed by the Moon Goddess herself! Please, trust me one more time!"